Isbn: 9780385247269 - elemental tarot (book and card set) (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. box, book and all cards included, minor wear to the box, a nice set, inquire for photos. --- First edition of the tarot set devised by astrologer John Astrop and artist Caroline Smith, issued by Dolphin/Doubleday in 1988 and comprising a seventy-eight card deck with a 128-page hardcover guidebook, housed together in a slipcase. The system reworks the traditional tarot around the four elements, with the Minor Arcana divided into suits of Water, Earth, Air and Fire, and the court cards recast as Daughter, Son, Mother and Father of each element. The twenty-two Major Arcana are treated as allegorical figures, and the imagery throughout draws on astrological correspondences, world deities and Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols. Card designs are by Smith and Astrop, with the paintings executed by Caroline Smith in a bold, high-colour style, the symbolism worked into figures, garments, borders and backgrounds. The accompanying book sets out the meaning and interpretation of each card and includes three card layouts for reading.…